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ASUCD faces University sued over pepper possibility of 42 spray incident percent budget Students and alumni cite violation of constitutional rights cut

By HANNAH STRUMWASSER Campus News Editor

UCOP attempts to tax ASUCD 1.6 percent on all expenditures

BY MUNA SADEK Aggie News Writer

A $4 million budget cut to UC Davis Student Affairs is leaving ASUCD with the possibility of an estimated $250,000 reduction to the annual budget.

This does not include the added Shared Service Center (SSC) Tax and University of California Office of the President (UCOP) taxes. A taxing of 1.6 percent of the $11.1 million budget on all university expenditures will raise the total to an amount of $658,000.

Added to the SSC and UCOP taxes, a re-budgeting of the university’s direct cost assessment that grants subsidies on common amenities, such as police and fire services, water and electricity, faces a possible continuous reduction annually until the full amount of what it would cost to use the utilities would be charged, said outgoing ASUCD President Adam Thongsavat.

“All packaged together, this is the perfect storm of what can cripple ASUCD,” he said.

Depending on the final budget for 2012-13 school year, the prospects of the budget reduction increases the possibilities of a minimization in the amount of student jobs, higher prices in places such as the ASUCD Coffee House (CoHo), Bike Barn, Education Opportunity Program (EOP) or a noticeable change in Unitrans.

“The smaller units could potentially see a devastating blow especially ones that receive the subsidy,” Thongsavat said.

This would also infringe on the functioning of the university’s noncommercial units, such as AggieTV and the campus radio station, KDVS, as well as Picnic Day, Whole Earth Festival and Campus Copies.

“That’s what we’re trying to convey to the administration right now, we have to tell them the benefit of having a strong student govern-

ment, the services we offer and how much it would detriment ASUCD. We are very much on edge…” he said.

The Coffee House services 7,000 customers daily, while Unitrans receives 3.3 million passengers annually.

ASUCD President-elect Rebecca Sterling said she intends on fighting the possible budget cuts.

“There is much the community relies on that ASUCD is able to provide with its current budget … ASUCD now is special in that it is able to reach groups all over campus, empower students to have leadership positions and extend their Davis experiences much further than the classroom — many of these opportunities would be risked,” she said.

Students pay $105 to ASUCD annually, according to Thongsavat, and in the event that the SSC tax takes effect, all registration fees would be countermanded.

ASUCDBusinessManager Brett Burns is working to mitigate the impact that the possible budget reductions would have on the school and aims to increase service efficiency through exploring new revenue opportunities.

Even though ASUCD is considerably autonomous by filing separate taxes as a nonprofit organization, they are still operating under the governance of the University of California, Burns said.

“Well documented, the University of California is in financial peril because of lack of state support to higher education, through the new budgeting and operating model all units within the Division of Student Affairs and the entire campus are dealing with budget reductions. ASUCD is no different,” he said. “If the decision was reversed and ASUCD did not have the reduction, then another area of campus, specifically the division of Student Affairs, would bear a greater budget reduction burden. I.e.

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On Feb. 22, students and alumni filed a lawsuit against UC Davis for the Nov. 18 pepper spray incident.

On Nov. 18, student protesters gathered in the Quad to protest rising tuition. UC Davis Police arrested 10 students and used pepper spray on the non-violent protesters. The event caused a media frenzy, putting UC Davis and the Occupy Movement at the center of national news.

Plaintiffs are suing the university for the violation of their constitutional right to freely protest.

“This was my first demonstration.

So many of my friends can barely make ends meet and then another tuition hike was proposed. We had no idea there would be police in riot gear or that we would be pepper sprayed because we were making our voices heard,” said David Buscho, a mechanical engineering major and plaintiff in the lawsuit, in a press release.

The lawsuit states that the pepper spraying of the students went against state and constitutional protections.

The lawsuit specifically cites the First Amendment.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit will be represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

“The university needs better policies on how it deals with protests and protesters. Students deserve to know what went wrong and how this could be allowed to happen. They want to make sure it never happens again,” said ACLU Attorney Mark E. Merin.

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Students and alumni have filed a lawsuit against UC Davis stating that the pepper spraying of students went against their constitutional rights.

The university had no comment on the lawsuit.

“Attorneys for the university and the plaintiffs have been talking. We hope those conversations continue. In the meantime, we’ve not seen the lawsuit and therefore aren’t in a position to comment on details,” said Barry Schiller, UC Davis spokesperson.

Since the incident, the Chief of Police Annette Spicuzza, and one of the officers who pepper sprayed students, John Pike, have been placed on administrative leave.

Student protesters have continued their activism on campus from occu-

pying Dutton Hall for two weeks in December, to the recent blockade of U.S. Bank on campus.

Five task forces have been launched to investigate the incident.

The task force that UC President Mark Yudof put together, led by former California Supreme Court Justice Cruz Reynoso, recently announced that the results of their investigation would be delayed again, and would not be released until early March.

HANNAH STRUMWASSER can be reached at campus@ theaggie.org.

Free cupcakes on the Quad at noon New student-led program helps financially struggling students

By AKSHAYA RAMANUJAM

Aggie News Writer

Struggling to stay in school as a result of unexpected financial difficulties? A new program, We Are Aggie Pride, strives to help those students in need.

“It’s an emergency fund set up by students, for students, to address the gap left between financial aid, personal funding and loans,” said Rajiv Narayan, director of communications for We Are Aggie Pride, who is also an Aggie columnist.

Zena Brown founded this program when she heard about a similar program at K-State University from a fellow Student Alumni Association board member during a leadership conference in August 2010.

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We Are Aggie Pride is a new organization on campus that hopes to help students help other students financially. We Are Aggie Pride will be giving out free cupcakes today on the Quad.

“Once I heard about it I knew I wanted to create something just like it on our campus,” Brown said in an e-mail interview. “I really saw the need for a program

like this, and I know that in these hard economic times if we come together we can really make a difference.”

Students can begin submitting applications and

students will start receiving awards Spring quarter.

The applications will be reviewed in the context of immediate need. Applicants are required to have a FAFSA or Dream Act on file and must be a registered undergraduate UC Davis student.

In addition, applicants must explain their current income and need for additional funding.

While there is no real restriction of how much money each student can receive, the selection committee will take into consideration how much money there is in the fund, keeping in mind the goal to help as many students as possible, Brown said.

“Students can ask for whatever they want but we

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Neighborhood Navigator: North Davis Residents describe area as convenient, quiet, accommodating

By CLAIRE MALDARELLI Aggie Staff Writer

Kristina Geddert / Aggie

Aggie Square Apartments, 644 Alvarado Ave., are down the street from the Marketplace shopping center.

Today’s weather Chance of rain High 54 Low 35

A few weeks ago, The Aggie analyzed the pros and cons of living in East Davis. This week, with lease-signing season in full swing, we move north in our quest to provide you with an accurate and thorough look at Davis’ housing options in the area known as North Davis.

Informally defined as the area north of West Covell and west of F Street (and mostly east of Highway 113), North Davis is home to an ample amount of housing options for students, with a diverse surrounding community and a

close proximity to campus.

Located at 2689 Sycamore Lane, a little north of the intersection between Sycamore and Alvarado Avenue, is Chapparal Apartments.

Chapparal, owned and managed

by Tandem Properties (which also owns many other complexes such as Adobe, Russell Park and The Colleges at La Rue), offers a variety of housing options from studio to four-bedroom apartments.

Price ranges vary depending on the size, with a one-bedroom onebath for $895 per month, a 2-bedroom one-bath for $1250 per month, a 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath for $1550, and a 4-bedroom 2-bath for $2000 per month.

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The apartment complex includes features such as quiet study rooms, a pool, hot tub and free internet. The complex also allows cats and small caged animals, with prior consent from management.

Alyssa Parsons, a senior psychology major, lives in a four-bedroom townhouse at Chapparal.

She said she has been living in North Davis for three years and loves the area and Chapparal.

“Chaparral is great! Their study rooms are really nice and their maintenance staff are terrific and quick to respond,” Parsons said.

The location of Chapparal was also a driving force for Parsons,

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and notes the Davis Greenbelts, the near-continuous stretch of biking and walking paths that string together small parks and span the city of Davis, to be particularly attracting.

“I’m close to the Greenbelts, which is a nice alternative to the Arboretum. And, the back of the complex borders Highway 113, so it’s really nice to go out and watch the sunset,” Parsons said.

A little further down Sycamore on Alvarado Avenue is Fountain Circle Apartments, located at 1213 Alvarado Avenue. Located directly across the street from

See APARTMENTS, page 3 Best quote from the Oscars: “So tonight, enjoy yourselves because nothing can take the sting out of the world’s economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.”- Billy Crystal, host Amanda Nguyen

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TODAY Cupcakes on the Quad with Cal Aggie Band-Uh Noon to 1 p.m.

Quad Support a new, student-led initiative called We Are Aggie Pride. With their contribution, each student receives a limited-edition, student-designed ‘We Are Aggie Pride’ T-shirt, swag, and free food at our Donor Appreciation Days. These gifts will come together as an emergency fund for all UC Davis undergraduates in need of financial assistance.

Energy Institute/BAE/Plant Sciences Winter 2012 Seminar Series 12:10 to 1 pm 1003 Kemper Hall Join Dr. Susan Jenkins, managing director of the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) at UC Berkeley, as she discusses A Systems Approach to Biofuel Research. There is no cost and all are welcome to attend.

Scott Boras, “Negotiating The Largest Contracts in Sports History” 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

ARC Ballroom Named the “Most Influential Non-Player in the Last 25 Years” by Baseball America, Mr. Boras has negotiated many recordsetting Major League Baseball contracts since 1982. Many of his former and current clients, including Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds and Manny Ramirez, are among the highest paid in the game. Do not miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to hear directly from one of the most powerful and innovative people in the world of professional sports. A brief Q&A session will follow the event.

Summer Abroad Info Session 4 to 5 p.m.

Education Abroad Center, Third and A Streets Learn about the Argentina summer abroad program, “From Techno to Tango.”

TUESDAY Memorial Union and Haring Lawn Coffee Break 9 to 10 a.m.

Memorial Union and Haring Lawn (across from new Student Community Center) Support a new, student-led initiative

called We Are Aggie Pride. With their contribution, each student receives a limited-edition, student-designed ‘We Are Aggie Pride’ T-shirt, swag, and free food at our Donor Appreciation Days. These gifts will come together as an emergency fund for all UC Davis undergrads in need of financial assistance.

WEDNESDAY Meals With Mrak: Fred Wood, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs 8 to 9:30 a.m.

UC Davis Dining Commons Sign up at sac.ucdavis.edu to participate in an informal roundtable discussion with Fred Wood, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, over breakfast at one of the oncampus dining commons.

Talent Hour on the Quad Noon to 1 p.m.

Quad Support a new, student-led initiative called We Are Aggie Pride. With their contribution, each student receives a limited-edition, student-designed ‘We Are Aggie Pride’ T-shirt, swag, and free food at our Donor Appreciation Days. These gifts will come together as an emergency fund for all UC Davis undergrads in need of financial assistance.

Campus Judicial Board Info Session 6 to 7 p.m.

Garrison Room, Memorial Union Get information about open positions on the Campus Judicial Board and how to apply.

Festivity of Bands 7 p.m.

Mondavi Center, Jackson Hall The UC Davis Concert Band and Campus Band, Sacramento State Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and Davis High School Band will be celebrating the retirement of Fred Lange, who has led an outstanding career as the director of bands at Davis High School for nearly three decades.

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and 3rd & U. In addition, donors are invited to Donor Appreciation Days where there will be food and entertainment. The minimum contribution to the fund is $10. “[Philanthropy] is a very personal decision,” Wood said. “I think it’s hard to justify what would lead someone to donate. As vice chancellor of Student Affairs, I’m constantly looking for a way to retain and graduate our students.

The idea of ensuring students can complete their degree — that touches my heart.”

Narayan highlighted the fact that this program is a way for students to help other students right now.

“We can’t rely on systemic solutions to things such as tuition hikes and the budget crisis,” Narayan said. “A piece of legislation in the California Senate will not help a person who has to pay rent tomorrow.”

We Are Aggie Pride will be holding an event on the Quad today where the Cal Aggie Band-Uh! will be performing and students can get free cupcakes.

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The awards will be determined by a committee of students supported by a member of the financial aid office. Students interested in serving on this selection committee can e-mail the awards director Sarah Hoover at smhoover@ucdavis.edu for more information.

“That individual [from the financial aid office] isn’t going to impact the decision but can explain financial circumstances so the committee can make an informed decision,” said Fred Wood, vice chancellor of Student Affairs. “This is a student-initiated, student-led endeavor so it’s appropriate that students will be involved in the selection of the recipient.”

Students who contribute to the fund will be given a limited edition “We Are Aggie Pride” T-shirt.

Wearing this T-shirt will allow donors to get a 10 percent discount at various Davis businesses such AKSHAYA RAMANUJAM can be reached at as Pinkberry, Woodstock’s campus@theaggie.org.

overs. Within a span of less than a year, Ke$ha wore studded metallic eyebrows and post-apocalyptic glitter in her video for “We R Who We R,” Dylan Katy Perry donned an Gallagher electric blue wig and shot whipped cream out of her bra to promote her album Teenage Dream and Nicki Minaj showed up to the 2011 VMAs sporting what can only be described as Mortal Kombat-meetsHello Kitty chic. No one can say for certain, but it’s hard to believe that all the aforementioned stars (and then some) simply embraced eccentric fashion t’s funny how you can by pure coincidence.

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The kind I’m talking about has more entertainment value than it does function. It adds a touch of self-mockery and sarcasm, Nicole which comedian Aziz Ansari Nguyen does masterfully. During the Superbowl, Ansari admitted that his only football knowledge was Friday Night Lights, and tweeted things like, “Touchdown!!! #FoodHitMyPlate” throughout the day. ashtags are brilA hashtag makes a stateliant because they ment that is quick and to can be both funny the point, which makes it and informative — like Jon Stewart, but less handsome. particularly clever when What else can be used as a done successfully. This may snide afterthought on the one be why so many rappers use it in their rhymes. They finhand, and a sweeping decish their lyrics with a onelaration of revolution on the word punchline, just like other? No other markup in a hashtag. Thus, hashtag social media parlance is as rap. Drake is infamous in versatile or as widely adoptthe ‘genre’, most notably for ed. In fact, the hashtag has become so culturally embed- this line: “Swimming in the ded that it has shaped its own money, come and find me genre of rap. Yes, geekery and #Nemo/If I was at the club, you know I ball’d #Chemo.” hip hop, together, at last.

But what do revolutions Hashtags found their and foothome on Twitter, A hashtag makes a statement that ball and rap have to do which I is quick and to the point, which with the futhink is no coinmakes it particularly clever ... ture of the internet? cidence.

A lot, acConstraints tually. There are developforce people to be creative ments that are threatening and resourceful. Limiting messages to 140 characters the livelihood of hashtags and, well, creativity in genis no exception. eral. Social media platforms These short messagare adding rigidity to the way es are strewn about in the Twitterverse with little direc- users generate content, partnering up with this compation as to where or to which ny or that company so that topic they belong. So the Twitterati devised shorthand we can only share something one particular way. I to thread related tweets together, a pound symbol and fear this will make user cona string of letters placed after tent driven sites more generic than ever. These platforms the message. #likethis already give us templates for And what to make of the our messages and filters for ensuing phenomenon? our photos, leaving us as litI think the rise of the tle editorial judgement as hashtag has a lot to do with us — the millenials, those of possible.

Google+ is even rolling us born between the late seventies and the early nineties. out hashtag autocomplete The idea of grouping conver- for their posts, which adds sations is born directly from some element of organization, but also stunts origiour generation’s inclination nality. Disorder and spontato create community with neity free users to think outstrangers online.

A fateful July 13 blog post side the box. Twitter is one part structure and two parts titled, “#OccupyWallStreet” attention deficit disorder, moved the masses in which is exactly why creativNew York and elsewhere. ity thrives there. Twitter is Overseas, #Jan25 organized successful because it works the revolution that shook just like the universe — as the Middle East. More rean organized chaos. cently, the #SuperBowl set The prevalence of hashtags the record for tweets per in media and in culture are second, turning the mostjust a testament to the imagwatched TV special of the year into a two screen expe- inative spirit that brought us rience. These days, hashtags the internet in the first place.

If only social media would, are a standard vehicle for commentary and assembly. like Twitter, find a way to preserve and encourage this kind And while revolutions of ingenuity, instead of manwere being built, some of those same millenials — in ufacturing it for us. the entrepreneurial spirit that most defines them Tell NICOLE NGUYEN why you are #winning — took the hashtag … and this week at niknguyen@ucdavis.edu.

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most valued and attractive about the university and agrees it will be a difficult fight.

“It is something our student body must take a united front against. There is nothing we will write off doing to make sure that ASUCD and our campus are not threatened with these cuts,” she said.

The next budgeting process for the 2012-13 school year will begin in Spring during May budget hearings. ASUCD is exempted from the SSC tax until June 30.

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Thongsavat said the potential budget cuts would fundamentally alter how ASUCD operates.

“It would be hard to find a student that doesn’t use at least one ASUCD service a day and I think that says a lot about our association,” he said.

Both Thongsavat and Sterling urge students to rally behind ASUCD to fight budget reductions.

Sterling said the cuts put MUNA SADEK can be reached at campus@ at risk everything that is theaggie.org.

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ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Feb. 23, 2012 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The ASUCD president is not required to attend senate meetings.

Meeting called to order at 6:10 p.m.

Adam Thongsavat, ASUCD president, absent Bree Rombi, ASUCD vice president, present Yena Bae, ASUCD senator, present Jared Crisologo-Smith, ASUCD senator, present Miguel Espinoza, ASUCD senator, present, left early Justin Goss, ASUCD senator, present Annamaria Kimball, ASUCD senator, present Amy Martin, ASUCD senator, present Mayra Martín, ASUCD senator, present Ryan Meyerhoff, ASUCD senator, present Erica Padgett, ASUCD senator, present Brendan Repicky, ASUCD senator, present Patrick Sheehan, ASUCD senator, present Yara Zokaie, ASUCD senator, present

Appointments and confirmations Miles Thomas and Michael Small were confirmed to the Outreach Assembly.

Unit Director Reports The manager of the Bike Barn, Robert St. Cyr, explained the

Bike Barn’s new project, a website where students can buy and customize their bikes. This is a pilot program that will be offered to other universities. He said that the new Bike Hub store in the Memorial Union (MU) will be opening at the beginning of Spring quarter. Bike Barn is also working with UC Davis Police Department, and they are going to have 10 bike cops on campus soon.

Sabrina Dias of City/County Affairs said Housing Day made a little over $17,000 this year. She said that the unit is doing research about the Minor Alcohol Preclusion Ordinance. They are also working on creating Party Packs for students, which would provide students with safe partying tips and ideas for how to talk to neighbors about their parties.

Consideration of Old Legislation Senate Bill 67, authored by Crisologo-Smith, co-authored

by Alday, Anguiana, Atienza, Bonaparte, Borgonia, Bush, Espinoza, De La Torre, Diaz-Ordaz, Goss, Ilano, Joanino, King, Lumban, Marquez, Martin, Martín, Montelongo, Oka, Rombi, Sheehan, Soriano, Torres, Truong, Wren and Zokaie, to transfer funds to the “CCC/LGBTRC Community-Specidic Ceremonies” line item from the “Club Finance Council (CFC)” line item and the “REACH Retreat” line item in the 2011-12 Grants Budget. The table discussed the issues from taking money from CFC, versus Senate Reserves. The table discussed the reasoning behind barring Student Affairs funded groups, such as ethnic grads, from receiving money

from CFC. The table brought up the idea of Safe Boats, and why they receive money from CFC. Lu and Kimball explained why they think Safe Boat senators repeated that they did not have to go through the same fight in Spring quarter. Members of the public came to speak on behalf of Ethnic Grads. Espinoza and Crisologo-Smith expressed their frustration toward the members of the table who did not want to pass the bill. Meyerhoff moved to get rid of the CFC line item. After a somewhat contentious discussion, the bill did not pass with a 7-5 vote. Bae, Meyerhoff, Padgett, Repicky and Zokaie voted no.

Consideration of Urgent Legislation Senate Resolution XX to support the March 1 Day of Action for Education on the UC Davis campus. The resolution passed in a 8-1-3 vote. Meyerhoff voted no.

Senate Resolution XX, authored by Thomas, co-authored by Chan, Crisologo-Smith, Goss, Martin, Sheehan and Lu, to condemn the UC Davis administration’s recent decision to cut funding to Conference & Event Services starting March 18, 2012. The bill passed unanimously.

Meeting adjourned at 12:11 a.m.

Open positions within ASUCD can be found at vacancy. ucdavis.edu. HANNAH STRUMWASSER compiles the senate briefs. She can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

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Yolo Basin Foundation hosts its 17th annual Duck Days Director says event has expanded over the years

By ANDREW POH Aggie News Writer

The Yolo Basin Foundation held its annual California Duck Days, a wetlands festival, this weekend. There was an opening gala event on Friday night and the festival itself was this past Saturday.

The event took place at Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters on Chiles Road, adjacent to the 80 freeway. This was the 17th year Duck Days has been held. According to the foundation’s Executive Director Robin Kulakow, there is a bigger turnout every year.

In attendance were a multitude of families with several young children in tow. There were also college volunteers, photographers and just general everyday people looking to enjoy a temperate, placid day outside of the city. Duck calls were abundant as

children milled about, marveling over everything the festival had to offer.

There were a variety of activities to participate in at the event, including two fishing spots filled with roughly 50 trout released by the California Department of Fish and Game. Wildlife Program Manager Greg Martinelli said that seeing the smiles on the kids’ faces was the most fulfilling aspect of volunteering. He was happy to be bringing in the “next generation of fisher people.”

Jack, a young boy trying his hand at fishing for the first time, said that he thought the event was pretty cool, before returning his focus to the fishing pole.

Nearby, grandparents Jane and John Bower had taken their grandchildren Jango and Sophia out to Duck Days. While John concentrated on trying to land a trout, Jane said, “My husband’s a fisherman, but he’s still having trou-

ble catching anything!” Luckily, young Sophia had already caught a trout earlier in the day.

There were also field trips being held throughout the day to a variety of places around the Davis area including the Putah Creek Dam, Conaway Ranch and Hedgerow Farms. Lastly, there was an exhibit area in the back housing a menagerie of workshops showcasing decoy duck carving, painting, tying flies for fly fishing and various other arts and crafts.

Jim Brucio, who has been carving ducks for 38 years, spent time at the duck decoy carving station at the event.

“It’s always [about] learning,” Brucio said. “In fact, I go on campus to the vertebrate zoology lab where they have trays of birds and I measure them … so I use the campus to keep my learning going.”

Kulakow said it’s a great way to educate and inspire people about

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The Yolo Basin Foundation’s two-day Duck Days event brought many Yolo County families out to the wetlands this weekend. the wetlands.

Duck Days is held annually on the weekend following Presidents

Day weekend.

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Settlement announced in Title IX case Plaintiffs receive damages from the university

By DANIELLE HUDDLESTUN Aggie News Writer

Since 2003, a group of women have been fighting against the unequal treatment they received after being denied the opportunity to compete on the UC Davis wrestling team.

Last August, a judge ruled that while UC Davis was not guilty of gender discrimination, it had violated Title IX, guidelines set to create equal opportunity for men and women in college sports. The judge ruled that the plaintiffs would receive damages from the university.

On Feb. 16, the parties announced a settlement of the case.

As stated in the press release announcing the settlement, “The court found that the University violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 by not sufficiently expanding in-

tercollegiate athletic opportunities for female students at UC Davis between 1998 and 2005, the years that plaintiffs were in attendance.”

A damages trial was set for March 5, however, the parties reached a settlement.

The university paid $1.35 million, covering the costs of the attorneys, along with any outstanding fees involved in the case.

“The plaintiffs feel really happy with the changes to UC Davis athletics, Ninth Circuit to file and attorneys paid for time.

They are very pleased, they just wished it was not so long,” said the plaintiffs’ counsel, Noreen Farrell, an Equal Rights Advocates.

The plaintiffs in the case were Lauren Mancuso, Arezou Mansourian, and Christine Ng. When the case was filed in 2003, only two of the three women were still students.

“The first motive was to get wrestling

back at Davis,” Mancuso, an Olympic hopeful said.

According the Farrell, the wheels of justice move too slowly and the focus of the case moved to improving treatment of women in the future.

The court found that UC Davis was in violation of Title IX. Its ratio of enrollment and athletic participation by men and women was unequal. Between 1998 and 2005, UC Davis claimed that it was trying to add more womens’ athletics, however it was discovered that 64 opportunities were dropped, and not replaced.

As a result of this case, UC Davis has added a women’s golf team and women’s field hockey team. Additionally, UC Davis has been required to improve the gender ratios between enrollment and athletic participation, along with being granted over $70,000 by the Women In Sports Equity fund.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Title IX, and many feel the decision of the district, along with the Ninth Circuit, has expanded the opportunities available for female athletes.

“This goes beyond Davis, beyond the University of California. It is an example for all UCs. It shows that the school or university must be in compliance. This affects all girls and women at universities,” Farrell said.

The final decision states that Title IX was violated, but the individuals involved are not being charged, as they were not in sufficient authority positions.

“These were women that took on a fight to make UC Davis the best it could be.

They are the heart and soul of the case,” Farrell said.

DANIELLE HUDDLESTUN can be reached at campus@theaggie. org.

Community groups convene at Davis Economic Development Roundtable Organizations emphasize strengthening university-city ties

By EINAT GILBOA Aggie News Writer

The Davis Economic Development Roundtable, which took place on Feb. 21, featured presentations by the Davis Cultural Arts Committee, the Davis Chamber of Commerce, the Davis Downtown Business Association (DDBA), Davis Roots, Designing a Sustainable and Innovative Davis Economy (DSIDE), UC Davis and the Yolo County Visitors Bureau.

Each group was given a few minutes to present their views about the current state of the Davis economy as well as their ideas for improvement.

While they articulated their individual concerns, the organizations all expressed an interest in fostering a healthy relationship with UC Davis, which Mayor Joe Krovoza called “the cornerstone economic engine in our community.”

Stewart Savage, director of the

DDBA, said his presentation centered on carrying out the mission of the DDBA. He also discussed constraints on business and economic development downtown.

“I would like to take this opportunity to establish new relationships with the DDBA,” Savage said. “I want to build more and better relationships with on-campus organizations.”

John Meyer, vice chancellor of Administrative and Resource Management at the university, represented the broader university, stressing the importance of business recruitment in the Davis area.

“We have to figure out how to capture what we call the creative class, the 20 to 40-year-old graduates,” Meyer said. “We want to

apartments Cont. from front page The Marketplace shopping area, it offers one, two, three and four-bedroom apartments and features such as private patios, study rooms, a pool, spa, fitness center and barbecue area.

Elana Thoms, a junior art studio major who lives at Fountain Circle and has lived in North Davis since moving out of the dorms, said she really enjoys living at Fountain Circle.

“The prices here are very manageable and it’s far enough from campus that you feel like you are getting away from school, but not too far away,” Thoms said.

Other apartment complexes in the area include Drake Apartments, which is located at 919 Drake Drive and offers two-bedroom one-bath flats and two-bedroom 1.5-bath townhouses, and Almondwood Apartments, which is located at 1212 Alvarado Avenue and offers one to fourbedroom flats and townhouses.

Both Elizabeth Wood, a senior food science major and Drake resident and Alejandra Arguelles, a senior international relations major and Almondwood resident, agree that these North Davis apartments have everything one could need.

“It’s so convenient. I don’t have a car so the location is perfect. I live near two supermarkets and am close to the Yolo County bus lines to get to the airport when I go home for the holidays,” Arguelles

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keep them around and give them jobs.”

Greg Herrington, director of development at the Yackzan Group, presented on behalf of DSIDE. “We would like to see the city work with the university to attract larger innovation business,” Herrington said.

Both Meyer and Herrington expressed support for Davis Roots; a company founded by UC Davis professor of technology management Andrew Hargadon and Anthony Costello to promote the

said.

Wood added that Drake Apartments in particular have some nice features.

“We have a brand new study lounge that is amazing and offers free printing to residents. And our apartments have split bathrooms which, in an apartments of four girls, is amazing,” Wood said.

Getting around seems to be no trouble for North Davis residents due to the close proximity to campus and the convenience of the Unitrans buses. North Davis is conveniently located near the Davis Bike Loop, which leads to campus, and the bike lanes on Sycamore lead to University Mall and the southern edge of campus.

“I always bike to campus in nice weather since it is only a couple of miles away and only takes me 10 minutes or less,” Wood said.

Depending on the location within North Davis, students can take the P, Q, J or G Unitrans lines. They often stop directly in front of the apartment or within a close walking distance.

“It is extremely easy to use the buses here because there are multiple lines and they come by about every 15 minutes during the busiest times of the day,” Thoms said.

Parsons agreed.

“I’m not very much of a biker, so I definitely take advantage of the buses. They are very easy to use and come frequently,” Parsons said.

Residents of North Davis also agreed that having The Marketplace and Anderson Plaza shopping areas within walking and biking distance makes getting groceries

emergence of startups in Davis.

“What we’re really interested in doing is identifying those promising startups. We want to see more of these startups coming out and sinking their roots in Davis,” Hargadon said at the roundtable.

Herrington said Mori Seiki, a Japanese company that is building a manufacturing facility in Davis, is a big step in the right direction.

“California and the U.S. have not been doing well in the manufacturing sector. To have 150 plus jobs in Davis is a big deal,” Herrington said. “We competed with Chicago for those jobs.

Because of the university and what Davis had to offer we won out.”

Herrington expressed that ec-

onomically Davis is doing better than most in the surrounding region.

“It has its issues, every city in California does, but it needs to be competing for the jobs every other city is competing for,” Herrington said.

Downtown Davis is also doing better than others surrounding it, Meyer said.

“It probably needs more diversity, not just food and entertainment. We should try to grow the cultural arts in the downtown,” Meyer said. “That way it wouldn’t rely solely on the student community.”

Despite the concerns expressed, the groups also celebrated Davis’ accomplishments.

“We’re a college town, and people want to live here,” Meyer said.

“We’ve got amenities that are huge compared to our city’s size. We’ve got to figure out how to work together to celebrate our assets.”

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Drake Apartments, located at 919 Drake Dr., are noted for its new study lounges. and eating out easy and convenient.

“I visit Savemart and Safeway all the time because both of them I can get to by walking across the street. For restaurants, I love living across from Dos Coyotes, Panda Express, Papa Murphy’s, Togo’s and Quickly’s,” Wood said.

Unlike areas closer to Davis that have newer apartment complexes such as The

Ramble, The Colleges at La Rue or Adobe, North Davis has mostly older complexes, which Parsons said is one of the only drawbacks.

“I’d rather be in North Davis and in an older apartment. All in all, it’s a great place to live,” Parsons said.

CLAIRE MALDARELLI can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

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Competitive election season comes to a close, victors announced Sterling and Bae take executive office

By MAX GARRITY RUSSER Aggie News Writer

The Winter 2012 ASUCD election results were announced early Friday afternoon after great anticipation of one of the most competitive election seasons in recent years.

Former senators Rebecca Sterling and Yena Bae were successful in their executive bid for office. They won 2,749 votes out of 4,543.

In the senate race Joyce Han, Paul Min, Bradley Bottoms, Donkeyonta Gilbert, Beatriz Anguiano and Kabir Kapur all came away with a win. There were 15 senate candidates.

“We want to bring a positive energy to campus, we want people to be excited, people to be interacting with each other,” said

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Sterling, newly elected ASUCD president.

Sterling commented on her shift in position within ASUCD. “They are very different positions; fortunately I’ve been working closely with the current president to understand the rules and responsibilities,” she said.

Newly elected senators also had plans for campus, eagerly waiting for their chance to apply themselves.

“I can’t wait to do work, that’s what it comes down to,” Bottoms said. “We’re going to try to work our hardest to make sure that the association stays together even though there is a 43 percent cut coming next year.”

Kapur said, “It was an awesome election season; now we have to work together.”

Student spectators marveled at the level of energy and enthusiasm that came from the campaigns as the results were being announced Friday.

“I’m pretty surprised to see the amount of excitement,” said onlookerfirst-year student Ziqing Huang. “I think next year I’m going to participate more.”

Almost all candidates cited an intense level of competition during the election season.

“It was great to see this many candidates go out for the election,” Bottoms said.

First-year Han was grateful for the amount of support the UC Davis community gave her.

“I’m so excited to be given this opportunity,” Han said.

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MAX GARRITY RUSSER can be reached at campus@ theaggie.org.

Celebrate Your Body Week seeks to banish body image issues

CYBW Kick Off

Yoga, movie, cooking emphasize dangers of eating disorders

6 to 9 p.m.

ARC Lobby

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Reflections of Our Bodies: A Discussion on Self-Image 7 to 9 p.m.

Memorial Union, King Lounge

TUESDAY Mindful Meditation 11 a.m. to Noon The House

Miss Representation Film Screening 7 p.m.

106 Wellman

WEDNESDAY Balanced Plate, Balanced Body Cooking Class 12:10 to 1 p.m.

Student Health & Wellness Center Conference Room 2

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Candidates celebrated their success after the election results to one of the most competitive elections were announced.

Aggie Features Writer

This week, take a load off with meditation, yoga and perhaps even a cooking class to celebrate your body with the annual Celebrate Your Body Week (CYBW).

This week, the Association for Body Issues and Disordered Eating (ABIDE) has put together a series of events to help students on campus appreciate their bodies while also learning body image issues and eating disorders.

Student chair and senior clinical nutrition major, Phoebe Copp, has been working with the ABIDE committee to put on this event.

“ABIDE is dedicated to bringing awareness to body image issues and disorders of eating and the dangers that go along with both,” Copp said. “Celebrate Your Body Week has a bunch of different events that are focused on spreading that message.”

Some of these events include a keynote speaker, a movie screening, a cooking class and “love your body” yoga, all of which are sprinkled throughout the week.

“There’s something for everyone who is interested,” Copp said.

Stacy Brezing, the physical activity and nutrition health educator, is a member of the ABIDE committee and is partaking in the planning of this event for her second year.

This year, she is a moderator for the “love your body” yoga, taking place on Friday at noon at the Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) dance studio.

“The point of [CYBW] is to raise awareness of the dangers of eating disorders and body image issues,” Brezing said. “We promote proper nourishment and taking care of our bodies and try to focus on fun activities for the week. It is a great way to bring awareness, but we do it in a positive manner with positive activities and education-

Miller said of the situation.

“When you’re a young kid in the backyard you’re shooting game winning free throws and I’m really thankful that I got that opportunity.”

Miller, who finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds, made both of the final free throws.

He was seven for seven from the line in the contest.

Ritchart led the Aggies in scoring with 20 points, while Tyler Les had 14 and Tyrell Corbin added 10.

Coach Les said the game was the best of the season and praised his team’s consistent effort.

“I was really pleased with the all out effort over the course of 40 minutes on both ends of the floor,” Les said.

“They’re starting to reap the rewards of their labor. [The team has] worked hard and they’ve continued to do the things that they’ve been asked to do.

“Giving great effort with some of the skill we have is going to give you a chance every night.”

Cont. from page 6 able to sustain its pressure throughout Fullerton’s comeback attempt. “[I was] telling guys ‘hey you can’t be tired now this is your chance to seize the moment,’” Les said. “And they did.”

The Aggies led by 10 with just over five minutes remaining in the game, but the Titans used layups and free throws — UC Davis held Fullerton to just 8 of 31 from behind the arc — to cut the lead to just one with 1:36 remaining.

From there, clutch free throw shooting and one big defensive play led the Aggies to victory. Josh Ritchart blocked a potential game-tying three pointer by Fullerton after UC Davis turned it over on the inbounds play with just 11 seconds left in the game.

After the block and a foul

by Fullerton, Miller had two free throws with eight seconds remaining to push the lead to five and essentially end the game.

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al opportunities.”

Hayley Ortman, a first-year exercise biology major, is on the student board for ABIDE with Copp and said that she loves the fact that the week is set aside to address such issues as eating disorders, body image issues and overall struggles with health.

“We’re bringing awareness to how our culture is so obsessed with body image and how it can be detrimental to young women and even men,” Ortman said. “So we’re just trying to bring awareness to that and to love you for who you are.”

Brezing similarly stated the extent of body image issues in this day and age.

“It’s important to just raise awareness about these issues because they are so prevalent in our society; the more you know, the more you can help others and recognize someone who needs help or just be aware,” Brezing said.

“It also gives you understanding that if you haven’t personally experienced anything related to body issues, it can still help you have empathy for people and understand it more.”

These events all have something different to offer. Whether it is helping the students who have issues directly, or they know of someone who is struggling with accepting their body.

“Body image issues and disordered eating tie into how people can get the wrong impression about food,” Copp said. “I want people to be healthy and working with ABIDE is a good way to bring attention to how to bring people back into positive thoughts about their body and about food. I think that’s important especially in college.”

Copp said that this event is unique to UC Davis for two reasons, the first being the fact that is run by ABIDE, a staff-run organization with various departments involved, from Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) and the Women’s Research and Resource Center to the Student Health and Wellness

SOFTBALL Cont. from page 6 last as Aggie starter Jessica Thweatt surrendered three runs in the fifth inning to put the Lobos ahead for good.

with Amy Nunez, Schulze and Miller all driving in runs to set up a 3-0 lead in the sixth.

Syracuse showed determination however, hitting a sixth inning two-run home run that cut the lead to one going into the final inning. With the Aggies unable to extend their lead in the seventh, the Orange took advantage with an RBI double to tie the game and finally, a crippling walk-off two-run homer to send UC Davis home with only one win on the weekend.

The Aggies will look for a better result closer to home as they travel to face rival Sacramento State on Wednesday.

Saturday — Syracuse 5, UC Davis 3 The final game of the tournament was a disappointing end for the Aggies as Syracuse overcame a late 3-0 deficit and a fantastic outing by starter Vela to come back and win the game.

The Aggies came out fighting with Vela shutting down the Syracuse offense early with five strikeouts in five innings.

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CRAMER Cont. from page 6 tered the top of the ninth against CSU Bakersfield trailing 5-1, only to stage a dramatic comeback — scoring five runs in the final inning to pull off a dramatic 6-5 victory.

It’s been a bizarre way to open the season, but the Aggies are learning how to win

close games –– and with a solid mix of veterans and young players that’s a good skill to have.

So fasten your seatbelts, because this is going to be a nailbiting season for baseball fans.

And even if you’re not a baseball fan, this is a hard team not to root for.

TREVOR CRAMER can be reached at sports@ theaggie.org.

Center and the Cross Cultural Center.

“We’re not just focusing on the eating side of body image issues, with just a dietitian, but also the psychological issues, which is where CAPS comes in or any sort of cultural aspect,” Copp said. “The staff are all very specialized in their fields and know a lot about what that specific resource can offer. Having them involved gives us more depth in each area.”

Copp also addressed the fact that this type of event is unique to UC Davis’ campus. Apart from the events that ABIDE puts on in the fall and spring, there are no other events on campus that confront body image issues.

“It’s an important event,” Copp said. “UC Davis doesn’t do a lot of things that are purely focused on making students feel better about their bodies.”

The fact that this struggle with health is so widespread makes this a valuable event for all students, organizers said, due to the fact that so many people can relate to this issue.

“It’s not something to take lightly; it can really affect internal self esteem, relationships and just living life to the fullest,” Ortman said. “I don’t feel that people really take it seriously. We see in the media to ‘love yourself’ and I don’t feel that people actually take it to heart. I feel that we as a student community can show that we are there for support.”

This support is the biggest aspect of the event, emphasizing the appreciation of one’s body and, as Brezing said, to focus on “unconditional acceptance.”

“This isn’t targeted specifically at people who have eating disorders, it is for everyone, anyone who wants to gain more awareness or wants to help someone they know or is just generally interested,” Copp said. “It’s about how to celebrate what you’ve got, like it says; celebrate your body.”

DEVON BOHART can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

WOMEN’S Cont. from page 6 minutes, I’m very comfortable with the ball in different players’ hands,” Gross said. “Tonight it was [Meggison] but it never comes down to the last play, it’s what happens in the middle and how everyone plays leading up to that point.”

In the end, Gross credited the victory to the Aggies’ defense and will to win.

“In any close game, it comes down to who makes the most plays and who makes the stops because you have to be consistent on both sides of the ball,” she said. “We had players that stepped up and made defensive and offensive plays and that’s what it came down to.”

The win over the Tigers completes the season sweep for the Aggies and also propels UC Davis into third place in the Big West conference with two home games remaining to close out the regular season.

The Aggies are now 16-10 overall, 8-6 in conference action.

“From here on out, there’s going to be a lot of intensity and urgency, we’re going to have to bring a lot of this focus to the court,” Gross said. “Every game is crucial and we’re trying to gain momentum for playoffs and for that home court advantage.

MATTHEW YUEN can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

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Success in Seattle

Aggie Digest Women’s Golf The UC Davis Women’s golf team will make the short trip to San Jose to play in the Juli Inkster Spartan Invitational, hosted

by San Jose State. The competition is set to start at 8 a.m. today and end on Tuesday.

The two-day tournament will be a tough competition for the Aggies as there will be many of the top teams in the country.

Last year the No. 9 California came in first place with an 18 shot difference between them and the Aggies –– who came in second place with a score of 35 over 899 (302, 306, 291).

Lacrosse UC Davis continued its early season success with a 16-13 win over rival Saint Mary’s.

The Aggies moved to 2-0 on the season with both of their wins coming in against Mountain Pacific Sports Federation opponents.

Elizabeth Datino’s six goals matched her career-high performances against Detroit and Bryant in March 2011. Freshman Landry and Morris chipped in two and three goals, respectively and added two assists apiece.

After trailing the Gaels 4-3 in the first 13 minutes, the Aggies answered with the five goals to claim an 8-4 lead. UC Davis led by 8-5 at the halftime, but was unable to contain the Gael comeback as Saint Mary’s cut the Aggie lead to 10-9.

UC Davis has big day against conference rival

By KAITLYN ZUFALL Aggie Sports Writer

The tournament will be the first action for the Aggies since the tough Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in mid-February hosted by Ohio State, where the team placed in 14th place out of 15 teams.

The tournament was one of the toughest events the Aggies had ever experienced with every team ranked in Golfstat’s top 50 and three in the top 10.

The Juli Inkster Spartan Invitational will be no easier as the Aggies try to improve on last year’s second place finish with a victory this year.

–– Jason Min The team regrouped and Datino answered with an eight-meter goal to make it 11-9, but Gaels’ junior transfer Amanda Cross netted three straight to give Saint Mary’s a 12-11 advantage.

The Aggies, then, gained momentum and went on to score five of the next six goals. Morris equalized the game with an eight-meter and Datino scored unassisted against short-handed Gael defense with 8:20 left. Datino added two more goals down the stretch.

The Aggies out-shot the Gaels by a 33-27 margin and won 21 draw controls.

UC Davis continues its road trip with two game in North Carolina. Their next game is against High Point on Wednesday.

The Panthers maintain a 1-1 record overall.

–– Veena Bansal

UC Davis held nothing back on Friday in a 192.900 to 191.350 victory over Mountain Pacific Sports Federation rival Seattle Pacific.

The visiting Aggies captured four of five individual titles on their way to their first win since Jan. 22.

After a disappointing performance last weekend in which UC Davis struggled to put forward a clean performance, the Aggies counted only one fall in the meet against the Falcons.

“We had a really great meet,” Head Coach John Lavallee said. “It was … one of our best performances of the year.”

UC Davis began the meet on the uneven bars where the team scored a collective score of 48.300. The score is the Aggies’ highest for the event since their 48.350 performance at the first meet of the season against Arizona State.

The squad was led on bars by junior Katie Yamamura who took the first place title with a career-high score of 9.850. Junior Michelle Ho’s 9.775 was good for third.

Yamamura then put forward a 9.775 on vault to capture her second individual title of the night. She would go on to take the all-around with a final score of 39.050.

“To score 39 in the allaround on the road is a hard thing to do,” Lavallee said. “[Yamamura’s] been an anchor performer for us.”

The meet was the third time Yamamura has broken the 39-point barrier this season and is the fifth time in her career. No other gymnast in the UC Davis program has ever passed the mark more than once.

The Aggies’ vault score was further supplemented by a score of 9.700 by sophomore Anna Shumaker who tied for third.

In the third rotation UC Davis put forward a strong performance on floor, but was edged out of the individual title by the rival Falcons.

Yamamura was the only Aggie to place, tied for third with a 9.750 mark.

Junior Leah Houseman led the Aggies in the fourth rotation on the way to the team’s second-highest beam score of the season. Her score of 9.800 earned her thirdstraight title on the event.

Shumaker and Yamamura tied for third with marks of

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Senior Katie Yamamura paced the Aggies in their win over Seattle Pacific.

9.675.

“It was one of the performances we really needed … with the championship just down the road,” Lavallee said.

The score was the team’s highest away-score of the season.

UC Davis returns to the Pavilion on Friday to compete in a four-team meet against Arizona, San Jose State, and conference rival Alaska Anchorage.

KAITLYN ZUFALL can be reached at sports@ theaggie.org.

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THE BACKSTOP 6 monday, february 27, 2012

The california Aggie

Seniors go out with a win Aggies upset Cal State Fullerton on senior night

Trevor Cramer

Vaughnted Aggies

T

he UC Davis baseball team is a hard team not to root for.

The squad has flown a bit under the radar in the Aggie sports world for the last several years, but early in the 2012 season it looks like the Aggies could prove to be one of the most compelling groups this campus has seen in some time.

Granted Dobbins Stadium will probably never produce the energy of Aggie Stadium during the Causeway Classic or the Pavilion as men’s basketball looks for a win over Pacific, but UC Davis baseball is turning things around and it’s time to take notice.

At this point last season UC Davis was an unimpressive 2-5, but after eight games this season the Aggies are 5-2 –– with their game against San Jose State still waiting to be completed (it was suspended due to impending darkness).

From top to bottom the Aggies are going to be a fun team to watch this season, and it all begins with their first-year head coach.

Matt Vaughn is UC Davis blue and gold all the way through.

After thinking he would be hired as the Aggies’ new head coach in 2003 only to be disappointed by the university’s choice to hire Rex Peters, Vaughn chose to stick with UC Davis as associate head coach with the hope that he would one day become the top-man at his alma mater.

Over the next eight years Vaughn turned down several head coaching positions at other universities to stay in Davis, and now, in his 20th year as a member of the UC Davis coaching staff, Vaughn is finally in his dream job.

And he is taking full advantage.

Vaughn has his team poised and playing hard, something that can be difficult for a first-year coach to accomplish. Most importantly, however, Vaughn has managed his team in perfect strategic fashion.

Without a true power-hitter in the order (UC Davis has yet to tally a single home run this season), Vaughn has been aggressive on the base-paths — manufacturing runs and taking advantage of his team’s speed.

And that’s just the type of management an underdog team like UC Davis needs.

After losing key pieces like Scott Lyman and Joe Biagini to the professional ranks last season, critics predicted that UC Davis would struggle in 2012, and the team was ranked eighth out of the nine teams in the Big West Conference preseason poll.

But the Aggie have exploded out of the gates, surprising nearly everyone.

With multiple series against nationally ranked opponents and a conference schedule that always proves to be a challenge, UC Davis will have a chance to turn a few heads with big-time upsets this season.

Possibly the most enticing part of this Aggie team, however, is that — if the season so far is any indication — this team will be playing close games all year.

UC Davis has gone to extra-innings in three of its first eight games, including Friday’s 16-inning win over Cal State Bakersfield and the still unfinished game against San Jose State that will go at least 12-innings.

And not only are the Aggies playing in close games, but they are finding ways to win in dramatic fashion.

Saturday UC Davis en-

See CRAMER, page 4

men’s basketball

By CAELUM SHOVE Aggie Sports Writer

UC Davis never trailed in Saturday night’s home finale en route to a 78-75 victory over the favored Cal State Fullerton Titans.

The win was the Aggies’ fourth in their last six games and their second home win in a row.

For seniors Adam Malik and Eddie Miller, a win over the second place Titans was the perfect way to close out a career in the Pavilion.

“It was pretty emotional,” Malik said. “I didn’t get the opportunity to play last year but came back this year and there’s no better way to go out than with a W. I’m glad I had that opportunity.”

Fellow senior Miller shared similar sentiments about his final game in the Pavilion.

“It’s a great way to go out,” he said. “Not many people get to win their last home game and it’s a great opportunity and great experience here tonight and I can’t say enough about the support I’ve gotten over the years.”

In front of one of their biggest crowds of the year, the Aggies took it to CSU Fullerton right from the opening tip. Five different players scored the first five buckets for UC Davis as it jumped out to an early 12-0 lead.

The Titans finally got their first field goal, a three pointer, after nearly seven minutes of play. A couple more threes cut into the Aggies’ lead, and midway through the first half the score was tied 16-16.

UC Davis ramped up its defensive pressure throughout the final 10 minutes of the first half and took a 35-25 lead into the break.

The Aggies extended their lead to 14 points in the first three minutes of play in the second half, but the Titans wouldn’t go away.

“You’re not going to walk away from a team

Shazib Haq / Aggie

Senior Eddie Miller scored 17 points in UC Davis’ upset win over Cal State Fullerton. as good as Fullerton,” Head Coach Jim Les said.

“You knew they were going to make a run so it was just withstanding that run and making sure we had enough gas in the tank.”

The Aggies, who have dealt with multiple injuries all season long, had a short bench again on Saturday night. Four players were in street

clothes at the end of the bench, while another, Paolo Mancasola, suited up but did not enter the game. Les used only eight players in the game.

Despite the limited roster, UC Davis was

See MEN’S, page 4

Aggies topple Tigers in dramatic fashion UC Davis holds on for last minute 65-61 victory

women’s basketball

By MATTHEW YUEN Aggie Sports Writer

The games between the Aggies and Tigers have a recent history of turning into battles, and this was no different.

Having dropped two road games in a row, the UC Davis women’s basketball program got back in the win column this weekend with a 65-61 victory over host Pacific.

This was the only game for UC Davis this week, and being well rested paid off. Just like the matchup earlier this season, in which the Aggies pulled out a dramatic 59-51 win, this one came down to the wire.

“We knew it was going to be a battle because it was a key game for both teams,” Head Coach Jennifer Gross said. “We came with a lot of focus, energy and passion.”

UC Davis put up a strong first

half, but were matched blow for blow by the Tigers. The Aggies’ largest lead came five minutes into the game when senior Kasey Riecks drained the first of her trio of three-pointers in the game to make the score 10-4.

The two teams played a grueling first half and would go into the break deadlocked at 25 points apiece. The second half picked up right where the first left off, both teams coming out all guns blazing.

The Tigers would gain a slight advantage when it went on a 9-0 scoring run to go up 38-30 five minutes into the second half.

Yet, the Aggies pushed back and pulled even with Pacific with 6:44 remaining.

“They had stretches where they started gaining the lead, but we battled back and kept our focus,” Gross said. “But we were very composed when the game was going back and forth and got it done on both sides of the ball.”

The Tigers continued to gain small leads, forcing the Aggies to play catch-up, but UC Davis never relented and patiently waited to get its foot in the door.

Senior Samantha Meggison led the charge for UC Davis, contributing most of her 19 points with key baskets that kept the game close until the Aggies grabbed a lead that they would hold on to for the last 52 seconds of the game.

In the final four minutes of play, Meggison put up 10 straight points to put UC Davis in a position to win. She was 4-5 from the freethrow line and also grabbed three rebounds to round out the night.

Yet, she was not alone, as three other Aggies dropped over 10 points. Riecks had 13 points, and juniors Blair Shinoda and Hannah Stephens both scored 12 points apiece.

“It’s comforting knowing we have a lot of players who play good

Aaron Juarez / Aggie

See WOMEN’S, page 4

Senior Samantha Meggison tallied 19 points as the Aggies beat the Tigers.

UC Davis stumbles in the desert The Aggies drop four of five in the Cathedral City Classic es by Megan Guzman, who went 4 for 4, and Heather Zimmerman, who had a two-run home run in the third inning, the Aggies put together numerous offensive outbursts with 10 hits by seven players.

Justine Vela also continued her great play with five shutout innings of relief and only allowed one hit to finish off the Aggie victory.

Brian Nguyen / Aggie

Junior Megan Guzman went 4-4 in UC Davis’ win over Fordham.

Softball

By DOUG BONHAM Aggie Sports Writer

After bouncing back against Santa Clara University, UC Davis traveled down to Southern California to face some stiff competition in the Cathedral City Classic, one of the premier tournaments in Division I

softball.

“We are going to be challenged,” said coach Karen Yoder going in to the tournament. “We’re facing a couple more top 25 teams [and] that’s what the preseason is all about — being challenged and having multiple experiences so we can gain confidence as we go into conference play.”

Although UC Davis won just one of five games over the weekend, the Aggies

hope that the experience gained by playing tough opponents will hopefully show through the rest of the season as they work to improve their 5-12 record.

Thursday — UC Davis 6, Fordham 2 The Aggies’ offense was firing on all cylinders as UC Davis started off well in their first tournament game against Fordham.

With strong performanc-

Thursday — No. 6 Oklahoma 10, UC Davis 0 In the second game of the tournament, UC Davis kept up early with sixth ranked Oklahoma but would eventually be put away as it lost in five innings.

Walks became a major issue for starter Vela as the Sooner batters walked eight times by the fourth inning to help them move to a 7-0 lead against the Aggies.

Along with struggling to contain Oklahoma’s offense, UC Davis also had difficulty getting runners on base with Cassandra Ginnis and Kelly Schulze providing the only Aggie hits in the shutout loss.

Friday — No. 11 Missouri 11, UC Davis 0

Looking to forget the previous night’s game, UC Davis instead was shutout for the second time in two games against No. 11 ranked Missouri.

With the Tigers striking early­­ — hitting three home runs to help them post eight runs in the first three innings — the Aggies missed multiple scoring opportunities and were unable to keep the game close.

Missouri pitcher Bailey Erwin and the rest of the Tiger defense came up big when it counted in their shutout win as UC Davis failed to convert a basesloaded situation in the first as well as an opportunity in the fourth, when Kendra Campbell and Rachael Miller were on third and second base with no outs.

Saturday — New Mexico 7, UC Davis 5 UC Davis’ final day of the Cathedral City Classic began against 13-1 New Mexico. Although the Lobos would score four runs by the third inning, the Aggies would take a 5-4 lead into the fifth thanks to RBI singles by Miller,

See SOFTBALL, page 4